July 2002 News

Teachers College, Social Work Professors Find Association Between Mothers Working Full-time and Young Children's Cognitive and Verbal Development
Full-time employment by mothers by the ninth month of their child's life is associated with poorer cognitive and verbal development for these children at age three, according to a study conducted by Professor Jeanne Brooks-Gunn of Columbia Teachers College and Jane Waldfogel and Wen-Jui Han, both professors at Columbia's School of Social Work. Read more.